Media matters
There used to be a certain reserve around the business of news. Whether great journalism or mere propaganda, the reports in a newspaper were seldom hysterical. Of course, that changed…
Of lies, media spins and the US targeting our nukes
To learn firsthand how reality loses its relevancy in the media-spin age has been an experience which explains why so many news reports eventually reveal themselves as having not an…
Measuring the media
When Bushra Gohar, one of the bright stars of the National Assembly, entered politics as a member of the Awami National Party, she did not know that “I am an…
Great expectations
CHIEF JUSTICE Qazi Faez Isa has made his mark on his very first day in office by ordering the live-streaming of the full court hearing petitions challenging the Supreme Court (Practice and…
Pakistan & Argentina: two economic scenarios
“On July 28, the Argentine authorities and IMF staff reached a staff-level agreement on the combined fifth and sixth reviews under Argentina’s 30-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. This agreement…
PIA to go under the hammer
The last leg of the incumbent government witnessed numerous policy decisions and legislations - one of them is the inclusion of the top loss-making public-sector entity, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), in…
Responsible tourism
A video clip of a family that went on a tour to the northern regions of the country has gone viral on social media. In the middle of the night,…
CPEC: a decade of transformation
A momentous milestone is being commemorated this month as Pakistan and China celebrate a remarkable decade of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – the flagship project of China’s Belt and…
A decade of CPEC
In recent times, hardly has any other strategy or initiative gained any such global limelight than Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The US’s Build Back Better…
Hidden stories
There are stories of immense human significance, at least to those directly involved across the country. Yet we rarely hear about them or discuss them in the mainstream media. Only…
